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ATTRACTIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sexual allure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("attractiveness" is a kind of...):
beauty (the qualities that give pleasure to the senses)
Attribute:
attractive (pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm)
unattractive (lacking beauty or charm)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "attractiveness"):
adorability; adorableness (extreme attractiveness)
animal magnetism; beguilement; bewitchery (magnetic personal charm)
charisma; personal appeal; personal magnetism (a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others)
desirability; desirableness; oomph; sex appeal (attractiveness to the opposite sex)
appeal; appealingness; charm (attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates)
spiff (attractiveness in appearance or dress or manner)
Antonym:
unattractiveness (an ugliness of appearance that is not appealing to viewers)
Derivation:
attractive (pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
Example:
her personality held a strange attraction for him
Synonyms:
attraction; attractiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("attractiveness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "attractiveness"):
affinity (a natural attraction or feeling of kinship)
allure; allurement; temptingness (the power to entice or attract through personal charm)
binding (the capacity to attract and hold something)
drawing power (the capacity for attracting people (customers or supporters))
fascination (the capacity to attract intense interest)
come-on; enticement; lure (qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward)
sexual attraction (attractiveness on the basis of sexual desire)
show-stopper; showstopper (something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal)
Derivation:
attractive (having power to arouse interest)
